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membership comes with another pretty sweet perk. A lot, and I mean a lot, of films and shows available from Amazon Direct are free to Amazon Prime members, the biggest "find" I've noticed so far being Doctor Who.Doctor Who
is the longest running science fiction program on television. It was first broadcast in 1963. Through out the years the Doctor has regenerated periodically, allowing a new actor to step into the role, and to flesh it out and make it his own. These days, we are currently at the Eleventh incarnation of the good Doctor. That's a lot of history. In fact, a lot of the episodes featuring the second and third Doctors were lost to history and old BBC archival policy. Through the years though they've been pushing hard to track down and release as much of the show's history as possible.While Netflix will stream the series since the 2005 relaunch, they don't stream the specials, and they definitely do not stream anything pre-2005. Amazon however has almost all of Doctor Who, from 1963 to 2011, available. What's more, most of that, basically everything right up until series 5 of the relaunch, is available for free to Amazon Prime
members. Essentially the first 10 Doctors, in their entirety, are free to Amazon Prime members through Amazon Direct. I once tried to collect that myself, and I know first hand that is a lot, and I mean a lot of content. It was overwhelming. If you're a fan of Doctor Who, and you're also a member of Amazon Prime, you have to take advantage of this while you can. Licensing of media for vendors like this is temporary at best. Just ask anybody who bought a copy of 1984 for their Kindle...
Hallelujah! I am switching from Netflix over to Amazon Prime and was crossing my fingers they had Doctor Who. Thanks to you, now I know they do! Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteI seriously got addicted and was watching all the seasons from the relaunch. I basically watched the fifth and sixth season within a week! I wish they would hurry and go ahead and make the seventh season prime eligible!
ReplyDeleteWere they really almost all on there? Now I only find a few from each of the previous Doctors.
ReplyDeleteWhen I originally wrote this, ages ago, Amazon's selection started with An Unearthly Child, the first episode in 63. As is common with digital content, license agreements expire or change and content comes and goes.
ReplyDeleteI went poking around again and while the collection has been drastically reduced, you can still find older story arcs by searching for Dr Who Classic Looks like the Aztecs is the only arc remaining from the first season, but there is some stuff predating the 2005 revival still.
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